Gstaad

The unbeaten and recently retired Bow Echo is now ranked third at 127 on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings. Only Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) and Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) are above him at 131. A perfect six-for-six, the son of Night Of Thunder defeated Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) (125) in the G1 Sussex Stakes, with the 124-rated Opera Ballo (Ghaiyyath) and Ten Bob Tony (Night Of Thunder) (121) third and fourth, respectively. Bow Echo raised his rating to 127 from 126 with that effort. Arc hero Daryz (Sea The Stars) and...

A Wootton Bassett half-sister to multiple Group 1 winners Gstaad and Vandeek will be among the headline lots at this year's Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which takes place from Tuesday, November 24 to Saturday, November 28. Bred and consigned by Kelly Thomas's Maywood Stud, the Wootton Bassett filly received a Classic update in May when Gstaad won the Irish 2,000 Guineas. A 450,000gns purchase at the December Foal Sale, the son of Starspangledbanner also won the Coventry Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf as a two-year-old, while he was last...

The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp could be the next port of call for Gstaad after the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner was ruled out of next weekend's Prix Jacques le Marois due to an infection. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, the son of Starspangledbanner was last seen occupying the runner-up spot in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, chasing home Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) for the third time this season, having also finished second behind that rival in both the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket and St James's Palace Stakes at Royal...

With a revised Timeform master rating of 133, Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) is now 5lb clear of Constitution River (Wootton Bassett) among the highest-rated three-year-olds in training. The son of Night Of Thunder ran to a rating of 127 when winning Wednesday's G1 Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes, a figure that places him among the best winners of the Goodwood feature this century, behind only Frankel (139 in 2011 and 141 in 2012), Rip Van Winkle (132 in 2009), Toronado (131 in 2013), Canford Cliffs (128 in 2010) and Baaeed...

GOODWOOD, UK -- After the 2,000 Guineas they were only whispering the name Frankel, but now, after a dazzling display on the Downs, Bow Echo is being loudly compared to the Juddmonte great and it is easy to understand why, even if he has some way to go yet. On a boiling hot day you had to peer through the Panamas for a clear view of the track, the stands stuffed with the Goodwood faithful eager to soak up the race of the week - the race of the season....

After Royal Ascot and Newmarket July, Goodwood grasps the baton on Tuesday as the British summer Festival scene heads south. Barring any unwelcome sea frets that can at times envelop these picturesque Sussex Downs, this week's action at the Qatar-sponsored jamboree should make for some spectacle. Headlining the opening day of what is traditionally termed "Glorious Goodwood" is the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup, now firmly established as a Group 1 and the natural sequel to the Ascot Gold Cup. Part of the old staying triple crown that includes the Doncaster...

Classic winners Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) and Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) headline 12 confirmations for the £1.5-million Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday, with the outstanding three-year-old milers on course to meet for a third time this season in Europe's richest mile race. The unbeaten Bow Echo has emerged victorious from both of their previous encounters, first when winning the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket and then when following up in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. The son of Night Of Thunder will be attempting to become...

Aidan O'Brien has warned any potential rivals to Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica) in the G1 Qatar Nassau Stakes that his unbeaten filly may yet have more to offer, with the Ballydoyle trainer also preparing to bring over Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) and Scandinavia (Justify) as part of a formidable squad for the Qatar Goodwood Festival. A three-time winner as a juvenile, culminating with a first Group 1 win in the Prix Marcel Boussac, Diamond Necklace heads to Goodwood searching for her fourth consecutive top-level success, having kicked off her three-year-old campaign...

Eve Johnson Houghton has issued an upbeat bulletin on her stable star Zavateri (Without Parole) ahead of his eagerly anticipated return in the G1 Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, where the likes of Bow Echo and Gstaad will be the Group 1-winning juvenile's chief rivals.  Zavateri has been off the track since finishing second in the Greenham Stakes at the beginning of the season but, despite his lack of match practice, Johnson Houghton says she "couldn't be happier" with the colt ahead of Goodwood. "He's got one more good...

Jockey Christophe Soumillon's appeal against the eight-day suspension handed out by the Royal Ascot stewards after his ride on Puerto Rico (Wootton Bassett) in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes has been adjourned. An independent disciplinary panel chaired by Clement Goldstone KC and including Aidan Coleman and Grace Cheng sat on Friday and will reconvene for final submissions and deliberations on Thursday morning. The Belgian's suspension was due to run from June 30 until July 7, but will now not begin until next Friday, depending on the outcome of the...

Christophe Soumillon has appealed the eight-day suspension he received for 'team tactics' when aboard Aidan O'Brien's Puerto Rico (Wootton Bassett) in Tuesday's G1 St James's Palace Stakes, according to the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). The Belgian was riding one of two Aidan O'Brien-trained runners in the one-mile race alongside G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) and was deemed by the stewards to have ridden "in a manner to benefit Gstaad". The stewards ruled Soumillon had ridden his mount "in such a way that intended to give an advantage to...

Golden boy of the week has to be Starspangledbanner (though Wayne Lordan and Karl Burke both deserve consideration for that title). To have had both Cartier champion two-year-olds last year was a big enough feather in his cap but for both Gstaad and Precise to progress into Classic winners in the space of 24 hours at the Curragh cements their sire's position among the elite. A more in-depth look at the Starspangledbanner story to date in TDN back in December put forward the suggestion that the best days were still...